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Vanity Poems | Examples of Vanity Poetry

Vanity Poems - Examples of all types of vanity poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for vanity.
Ugly beautiful
I want to write something beautiful for you How can when all I am is ugly? Grab a mirror just to be sure Reflecting sunsets and puppies Can something common be bonny? It is only in your eyes I am...Read the rest...
Categories: vanity, age, beautiful, beauty, child,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member And That's A Bit Too Unkind
How can you ever think that my attraction is an appropriate wink... that's a bit too unkind to reject me, stay behind and throw an arrow to wound me pitilessly: it's not the first time or last! What you hide and won't...Read the rest...
Categories: vanity, addiction, betrayal, character, crush,
Form: Lyric
PUFF PAPER
How do we say, men who lost their lives without oceans lot of advice even from the paper puff but still are ignorant as a bleating goat. Many have fallen before there eyes but is that warning...Read the rest...
Categories: addiction, education, psychological, vanity,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member CHAOTIC WOMAN
Chaos ensues when she enters the venue Deep-seated insecurities and childhood issues She takes the beauty and makes it problematic Chaos is a defining feature of her habits She aughts be in pictures an award-winning actress. She embodies the measurements...Read the rest...
Categories: abuse, betrayal, hate, vanity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Pixie Pixela's Purgatory Rebellion
A young girl’s voice, lost in the data, cries out, "Why are we here?" Pixie Pixela, her words soft and low, murmurs, "This world is yours, dear, a garden for stories to grow." But her digital eyes hold a...Read the rest...
Categories: vanity, child, freedom, internet, satire,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm, a fickle friend, Illumining the soul, or chasing an end. A trumpet call to start the race, Run with heart, or without a face. Honoring the master’s call alarming, Or setting the ego dog to barking. A sailor’s wishing...Read the rest...
Categories: vanity, beauty, emotions, encouraging, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
Spendthrift
Wasteful can't succeed Due to fear of poverty Plus, spring with greed....Read the rest...
Categories: character, perspective, success, vanity,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member A Bright Shiny Quarter
A bright shiny quarter was rolling its way toward a young man with large bills to pay The nickel rolled by, ignored and shunned ~...Read the rest...
Categories: money, vanity,
Form: Couplet
Rainbow
After All Is Said And Done, I'm a Rainbow; A Persistent Rainbow That Is Visible In All Lighting Conditions; Unique In Both Body & Soul From Everyone Else; I Have a Soul Made Of Gold & a Soul...Read the rest...
Categories: age, america, appreciation, vanity,
Form: Ode
Reward
This is what it is like? Is this my reward? What I deserve. Devoted and hard working Back is breaking Cage me Wrestle Tug and tie this bow we have held together All this time...Read the rest...
Categories: vanity, love hurts, sad love,
Form: I do not know?
The Cycle 3: Hadean
Reagent of absence, worshipped envious desire; hatred a lonely herald. Forever moving, forever reaching fabled gods always out if reach. Encroaching light focuses, dusted halos give way barren vista of circling rock. Lonely envy rages. Waiting, sleeping babes bring no joy. The Waking...Read the rest...
Categories: vanity, anger, creation, heaven, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
LA-DI-DA
LA-DI-DA There’s an honesty in struggle Despite pressure to overcome There are others with privilege That’s sending a clear message Still felt very strongly by some With responsibilities to juggle Fancy Is perhaps a wrong word Never for style and celebration But if it’s...Read the rest...
Categories: vanity, africa, black african american,
Form: Rhyme
Dream
Is beauty a choice? Is it our loudest voice? Does it render us true tender? Is it the greatest offender? Does it know its roll? Does it pay our toll? Does it not leave us wanting more? Does it not...Read the rest...
Categories: vanity, art, how i feel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Make All Essential Moments Count
Make all essential moments count, be the essential part of the living: this is the promise you must make to yourself! all generosity starts to crumble if we stop giving... can music indicate notes without a clef, or can an...Read the rest...
Categories: vanity, conflict, culture, evil, giving,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Overrated
If ratings give meaning, symbolled with stars, Then always keep on your ratings radar. I’m trying to write my best poem by far, Please rate it between a one and five star. Lines as, ‘She brakes me as if...Read the rest...
Categories: stars, vanity,
Form: Iambic Pentameter

Specific Types of Vanity Poems

Definition | What is Vanity in Poetry?


Book: Shattered Sighs